At eighteen, Elena Vale was publicly rejected by her mate. She never accepted his rejection. Six years later, she is a lawyer in the human city, helping werewolf women fight the men—and the laws—that claim to own them. She knows a protection order cannot sever a mate bond. She also knows that being an Alpha does not put a man above the law. Then the future Queen Luna walks into her office. Seraphina Ashbourne wants to stop her final claim to Alpha King Cassian Draven. The ceremony is seven days away. The royal agreement is forty-three pages long. And everyone involved expects the bride to obey. Elena agrees to review the case. By nine that night, a royal summons arrives. Cassian orders her to withdraw. Elena refuses. But standing before the King awakens something in her wolf that has been silent for years—something neither of them can explain. Her wolf offers no explanation. Only one warning. Run.